SEGA Saturn

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Holy cow! Alpha 2's gameplay is solid as ever, and adventurous gamers can indulge themselves with new "custom combos". A survival mode is now available in addition to arcade, versus, and training. There's an autosave function, as well as a gallery of unlockable illustrations. Street Fighter Alpha 2 is billed as a "precise translation" of the arcade game, and it's hard to argue. Not even Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Playstation, 1999) could touch this masterpiece.

Overall, it is an awesome translation and I thank Capcom for doing such awesome job. Any SF or fighting fan should get this game!

Saturn owners should be pleased to know that Street Fighter Alpha 2's translation from coin-op to home is almost flawless. The graphics are solid and done in the same anime style as the first Alpha. The animation is topnotch, as are the sounds and music. The backgrounds are first rate, giving Alpha 2 some of the best scenery yet seen in a Street Fighter game.

Street Fighter Alpha 2 a tout d'une suite façon Capcom. Fondamentallement il n'apporte pas énormément au précédent opus, et pourtant il reste supérieur à ce dernier au final. Le roster a gagné cinq personnages de qualité, les décors sont plus beaux et plus variés et le gameplay s'approfondit petit à petit. Peu de choses donc, mais sans conteste l'un des grand classique de la baston 2D !

There is no denying it, you can argue all you want, but the Saturn is just a better 2D system. The PlayStation, in comparison, is no match for the RAM cart, and the extra 2D processing power of the Saturn. It's by that reasoning that some of the best Capcom has to offer ends up getting top treatment on the Saturn. Street Fighter Alpha 2 may not be the best Capcom has to offer, but you'd never know it with this flawless presentation.

All in all, Street Fighter Alpha 2 is just a solid fighting game and nothing more. Fans of the earlier games would really like this latest (or earliest as the case may be) installment. For the rest of us it's just 2D fighting business as usual.